Gretchen H. Hegwood
Hattiesburg,USA
Summary
Process-driven strategic thinker offering 20+ years of accounting/financial analysis experience (17 years government accounting), and 6 years of project controls experience providing customized solutions in multi-disciplined government projects. In-depth understanding of project controls, including initiation, scope statements, planning, scheduling, cost estimation, cost control and analysis. Motivated communicator who builds cohesion, trust, and project engagement across all levels of stakeholders.
Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Controls Specialist
Syncom Space Services (S3)
07.2021 - Current
- Specializes in government contract IDIQ (Design, Construction and O&M – multi-million dollar contracts) and FFP pricing (handling approximately 50 active projects).
- Support and coordinate with project managers, providing financial forecasts and revenue/profit/variance analysis and general contract administration for Federal projects.
- Translating the project plan into the project estimate/schedule, using Microsoft Project (setting milestones within the project to easily track the progress and ensure the project remains on track).
- Prepare Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures for control and integrity of work to be performed as defined by the contract.
- Develop and maintain project progress reporting to include the status of committed costs against approved budgets, including all financial and earned value reporting, in accordance with contract and business requirements.
- Perform risk analysis and earned value.
- Implement, monitor and administer change control requirements including changes to project scope, budgets and schedule.
- Provide guidance and/or on-the-job training to clerical and entry level professional personnel assigned to area of responsibility as needed.
Pricing Analyst
Syncom Space Services (S3)
06.2019 - 07.2021
- Analyzed and supported pricing requirements and created pricing models in response to requests for proposal on contracts to ensure that adequate support was provided for business solutions/proposal.
- Developed and maintained product and pricing information on business systems and assisted in the development of quotation and deal evaluation methods to ensure consistent unit-wide use.
- Utilized cost modeling methodologies, tools and techniques and software to determine pricing costs and to create and maintain departmental pricing reports.
- Analyzed and reported trends on pricing.
- Interfaced with operational staff in developing and pricing staffing profiles and coordinated subcontractor pricing targets and cost proposals.
- Prepared Close-Out Reports for closed task orders.
Senior FAO Business Transactions Specialist
FedEx Express
10.2017 - 06.2019
- Analyzed and prepared accruals for European feeder operators.
- Assisted in budget preparation.
- Audited domestic feeder operators’ incurred expenses when performing services for FedEx, ensuring expenses met reimbursable cost requirements and performance of work statements.
Finance Specialist and Cost Accountant
Syncom Space Services (S3)
10.2016 - 09.2017
- (S3) Invoiced NASA approximately $12M monthly; identified and recorded cost transfers and accrual journal entries.
- Captured approximately $20M of unbilled costs during my first month of employment.
Finance Specialist and Cost Accountant
Jacobs Technology
07.2008 - 07.2016
- (Jacobs) Produced weekly/monthly/yearly cost reports for Jacobs and NASA.
- Weekly reports captured approximately $1$2M of reportable expenses (which had to be compliant with GAAP, CAS, FAR and Sarbanes-Oxley auditing principles); reconciled balance sheet/bank accounts.
- Highlights: Asked to assist with a special auditing project to aid a sub-contractor in becoming compliant with incurred cost reporting.
- Reviewed and tested accounting billing processes and procedures as well as the company’s incurred cost reports.
- Conducted internal audit and spot checks to confirm the subcontractor was following CAS.
Accountant
Seaway Development Company
09.2007 - 07.2008
- Handled A/R, A/P, G/L and P/R for several sub-companies; reconciled bank statements; generated by-weekly payroll using ADP; maintained fixed asset system; prepared the following reports: Cash Balances, Gross Rate of Return for rental units (to determine KPI), Budget Analysis and Cumulative Lease Totals.
Sales Coordinator Administrator
Deep South Equipment Company
02.2005 - 09.2007
- Provided sales accounting for cost of lift trucks; calculated profits; tracked credits from Hyster factory; reconciled accounts; balanced $2 million lift truck inventory monthly; created ratio reports (e.g. old inventory compared to new, sales history, etc.); and calculated sales commissions.
Project Accountant & Office Manager
Hegwood Custom Homes & Remodeling
01.1998 - 02.2005
- Communicated with project managers regarding contract documents, change orders, and any additional services related to billing; researched any unbilled issues to optimize the billing possibilities; managed construction crews; analyzed pricing requirements and trends and created pricing models for proposals, continuously researched pricing costs to ensure most cost effective method for company and customer; generated bi-monthly receivables reports, monthly profitability reports and identified KPIs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Holy Cross
Certificate - Project Management
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ03-2009
Skills
- Earned Value Analysis
- Project planning
- Cost risk assessment
- Project cost estimation
- Workflow Documentation
- Progress reporting
- Cost management and analysis
- Change management expertise
- Resource planning
- Critical path analysis
Certification
- Project Management Certificate, University of Phoenix
- Notary Public Mississippi, 02/05/29, #88683
Software Specialties
- Microsoft Project 16
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Power Point, Excel – Pivot Tables, Lookup Functions, If-Statements)
- Microsoft 365
- JAMIS (Software for Government Accounting)
- Deltek CostPoint
- QuickBooks and Peachtree
Added Value
- Contract & Vendor Management
- Earned Value Analysis
- Complex Decision Making
- Planning & Scheduling
- Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis
- Best Practice Recommendations
- Project Estimating & Budgeting
- Documenting & Record-Keeping
- Workflow Documentation
- Progress Reporting & Presentations
- Cost Controls & Analysis
- Project Change Management
Timeline
Project Controls Specialist
Syncom Space Services (S3)
07.2021 - Current
Pricing Analyst
Syncom Space Services (S3)
06.2019 - 07.2021
Senior FAO Business Transactions Specialist
FedEx Express
10.2017 - 06.2019
Finance Specialist and Cost Accountant
Syncom Space Services (S3)
10.2016 - 09.2017
Finance Specialist and Cost Accountant
Jacobs Technology
07.2008 - 07.2016
Accountant
Seaway Development Company
09.2007 - 07.2008
Sales Coordinator Administrator
Deep South Equipment Company
02.2005 - 09.2007
Project Accountant & Office Manager
Hegwood Custom Homes & Remodeling
01.1998 - 02.2005
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of Holy Cross
Certificate - Project Management
University of Phoenix
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